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Some African and British spiders, dragonflies, butterflies, etc.
Ngwenya Lodge, near Komatipoort

Large-spotted Acraea [Acraea zetes]
male; near Skukuza, Kruger National Park. If I have mis-identified this dragonfly, please contact me with the correct ID.

Red Basker [Urothemis assignata]
Ngwenya Lodge

CMR Bean Beetle [Mylabris oculata]
Dung beetle rolling ball of dung; possibly a Large Copper Dung Beetle; Molopo Nature Reserve, Northern Cape.

? Large Copper Dung Beetle [Kheper nigroaeneus]
Progress was erratic with the two beetles working against each other. For the record it is rhino dung. Kruger National Park.

Dung Beetle [Scarabaeus spp.]
Widely distributed through South Africa, absent only from the Western Cape - farm Umtu, Hotazel district, Northern Cape.

Two-spotted Ground Beetle [Thermophilum homoplatum]
My front lounge, Boksburg, Gauteng.

Fork-horned Rhino Beetle [Cyphonistes vallatus]
female Topaz Blue [Azanus jesous jesous] between Common Blues [Cyclyrius pirithous]; Pilanesberg National Park

Common Blues flanking female Topaz Blue
Male; Hotazel district, Northern Cape.

Lucerne Blue [Lampides boeticus]
Male; Hotazel district, Northern Cape.

Topaz Blue [Azanus jesous jesous]
male Topaz Blue [Azanus jesous jesous] with Common Blue [Cyclyrius pirithous] behind - Kgomo-kgomo area, North-west Province.

Topaz Blue and Common Blue
female Topaz Blue between Common Blues [Cyclyrius pirithous]

Topaz Blue [Azanus jesous jesous]
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